First EH101 For Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force

05 Mar 2006

Kawasaki delivered the first of 14 EH101 helicopters to the Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF). The handover ceremony took place 3rd of March at Kawasaki Aerospace’s Gifu plant. The utility rear-ramped variants of the EH101 will replace the JMSDF’s fleet of Sikorsky MH-53Es and S-61s. Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) was licensed by AgustaWestland to produce and support the Japanese EH101 fleet. Assembly of the second aircraft is underway and the remaining 12 aircraft kits are being prepared by AgustaWestland in the UK.

2017

4 December 2017 | RCAF

RCAF announces pilot and theme for 2018 CF-18 Demonstration Team

Captain Stefan Porteous will pilot the RCAF’s CF-18 Demo Hornet for the 2018 airshow season. This year, the fighter jet’s paint scheme will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).

Lockheed Martin recently delivered F-35 Full Mission Simulators (FMS) to the Israeli, Italian, Japanese and Norwegian Air Forces – the first-ever deliveries to international F-35 operators.
The simulators are critical components of the pilot training capability at F-35 operating bases in these four countries, where they will facilitate pilot qualification training, continuation training and mission rehearsal training.

On November 3rd, three Norwegian F-35 aircraft flew from Fort Worth, Texas and landed at Ørland Air Base, Norway.
“Receiving the first three aircraft is a major milestone for Norway. On November 10th, Norway will celebrate First Aircraft Arrival of the first three F-35s on Norwegian soil. Achievi...

An official ceremony was held at Andravida air base on October 31 for the disbandment of 339 ‘Aias’ Mira, one of the two locally based F-4E (AUP) Phantom II squadrons belonging to the Hellenic Air Force’s 117 Combat Wing. The…Read more ›

The Armed Forces of Montenegro (Vojska Crne Gore, VCG) will be equipped with three Bell 412EPI twin-engine utility helicopters as part of the modernisation process it began after the country joined NATO in June.
The contract, expected to be finalised and signed in early 2018, includes EUR29.9

Dubai Airshow has announced the first round of aircraft taking part in the flying display at this year’s event.
Aerobatic displays at this year will include PLAAF August 1st Air Demonstration Team from China performing in J10As and the Russian Knights in Sukhoi SU30Ms, in addition to the UAE’s Al Fursan flying their Aermacchi MB-339NATs.

KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa --- Twelve U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs and approximately 300 Airmen from the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, arrived here for the aircraft’s first operational deployment to the Indo-Asia-Pacific region Nov. 2.
This is the first time the F-35s have deployed as part of a planned U.S. Pacific Command Theater Security Package.

The Chilean Air Force is studying options for upgrading its fleet of 46 F-16 fighters to keep the aircraft up-to-date through the 2030s, and any resulting programme would become the service's top priority, senior military sources in Santiago told Jane’s .
The plan, set to be launched between

The existence of a two-year-old project to develop a new air-to-air missile capable of intercepting targets at great distances has emerged in US budget documents.
The Office of the Secretary Defense (OSD) launched a two-year engineering assessment of a new long-range engagement weapon (LREW) designed with the goal of “maintaining air dominance”, according to budget documents released last March.